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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Canopy skirt prep: 3 hours

Decided that the clear duct tape was too thick for supporting the fiberglass layup for the skirt. I think the edges would have had noticeable ripples from the overlapping tape.

Removed clear duct tape and replaced with packing tape.

Marked off edges of skirt with electrical tape to use as a guide while laying up the skirt.

Taped paper to the fuselage to protect from stray epoxy.

Applied two coats of mold release wax. I will apply a third coat before the layup.

I calculated the amount of fiberglass cloth I would need and found that I did not have enough so I ordered more from Aircraft Spruce.

Taped off for skirt:

Fuselage protected: